We're going to just look at it and we're
going to see how how much it pulled you.
Natalie forced me.
Audio test. One, two, three.
was telling me that someone broke into
the city hall
>> on New Year's Day. Someone broke.
Good morning to our attendees, city
staff, executives uh who are joining us
here in the bure the board hearing room.
If there's any member of the public who
wishes to offer public comment or
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like to speak on and hand it to me. I'll
record your information for the record
and call upon you when we reach your
item.
It is 9:52 and we should get started
with the board meeting in approximately
8 minutes.
Good morning once again to our attendees
who are joining us here in the hearing
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the public. I am just again asking if
anyone would like to offer public
comment to please fill out a speaker
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I'm also providing audio input just to
verify that we are coming through loud
and clear on our platforms. YouTube and
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And I'm just going to continue to
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receive confirmation that we are coming
through.
And just confirming that we have
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and just awaiting confirmation on
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And for attendees who may be
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uh that is
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and then you enter in the meeting ID
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audio test. Good morning. Good morning
to our city staff, executives, attendees
here at the board of public works
hearing room. I apologize for the late
start. If there's any members of the
public who wish to offer commentary,
please fill out a speaker card located
in the back of the room. They're on the
table in the back. Indicate which item
you'd like to speak on and hand it to
me. And good morning as well to our
attendees who are joining us on the
virtual platform. I do see a number of
hands raised. I'm going to go through
and ask which items you'd like to offer
commentary on. If you'd please raise
your hand. I will ask you to identify
yourself and which item you'd like to
speak on. I'll record your information
and then I will call upon you when we
reach your item. Good morning, Georgina.
>> Good morning, TJ. I hope you had a happy
» Good morning, TJ. I hope you had a happy
holidays and a great new year.
>> Thank you. Would you like to offer a
» Thank you. Would you like to offer a
public commentary this morning?
>> Public commentary and all agenda items,
» Public commentary and all agenda items,
please.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
I'm gonna go ahead and put you back on
mute and lower your hand.
Good morning.
>> Good morning, TJ and commission. Um, I
» Good morning, TJ and commission. Um, I
would like to speak to public agenda
item and all agenda items, please. I
mean, public comment and all agenda
items.
>> Very, very well. Thank you, Audit LA. I
» Very, very well. Thank you, Audit LA. I
have you for public comments on all
agenda items. I'm going to go ahead and
put you back on mute, Lauren. Laura FM.
Good morning.
Uh, this is Miriam.
>> Good morning, Miriam.
» Good morning, Miriam.
>> Yeah, I would like the public comment,
» Yeah, I would like the public comment,
please.
>> Thank you. I'm going to go ahead and put
» Thank you. I'm going to go ahead and put
you back on mute and lower your hand.
» Gigi, good morning.
So I would like general public comment
minutes number three and number six.
» Thank you Gigi. I have you done for
multiple agenda item commentary and
general public comments. I'm going to go
ahead and put you back on mute lower
hand and Laura FM.
» Good morning board and TJ. Yes, I would
like to do general public comment and on
all on all agenda items, please.
>> Very well. Thank you, Laura. I have you
» Very well. Thank you, Laura. I have you
down for public comment on all agenda
items. I'm going to go ahead and put you
back on mute. Laurianne, there's any
other member of the public who wishes to
offer commentary, please raise your hand
at this time.
And if there's any member of the public
who wishes to offer public comment,
please let speaker card look in the in
the back of the room and hand it to me.
We are going to get started with the
meeting momentarily. Thank you. And
again, I apologize for the slight delay.
delay for
you.
And we're in record mode and ready to
begin. President King.
>> All right. Good morning everybody and
» All right. Good morning everybody and
happy new year. Uh, welcome to the
regularly scheduled meeting of the board
of public works for Monday, January 5th,
2026.
Mr. Knight, please take role and
establish quorum.
>> Thank you, President Kang, President
» Thank you, President Kang, President
King, Vice President Chavez, President
Prom Grant, Commissioner Mitchell, and
Commissioner Cardinis are present. We do
have a quorum this morning. We are
joined by city attorney representative
Virginia Choy. I'm TJ Knight with the
board of public works. President King,
we have uh no speaker cards here in the
hearing room. We have five public
comments and four multiple agenda item
commenters on this virtual platform.
We've received no neighborhood council
commentary this morning.
>> Thank you very much. So before we get
» Thank you very much. So before we get
started with general public comment, a
quick note item number two which is on
consent has been continued to January
9th, 2026.
With that, we will get started with
general public comment, which is an
opportunity for the public to address
the board on public interest items and
will be provided up to one minute per
person up to a cumulative total of 10
minutes for the general public comment
segment of each regular meeting.
Testimony shall be limited in content to
subject matters which are within
jurisdiction of the board of public
works. The board may not take any action
on any matters discussed during the
public comment period. We do not have
any in-person speakers today, so we will
transition to our virtual platform.
Thank you, President Kang. We'll go
ahead and start with Georgina. Georgina,
you have 60 seconds to offer your public
comment.
>> Thank you, board. Thank you, TJ. Uh
» Thank you, board. Thank you, TJ. Uh
again, I hope everyone had lovely
holidays and I wish them all the best in
the new year to come. Um in the new year
to come, I would like to see uh
Scientology have their permits revoked.
They abuse every permit they're given,
and yet you continually give them new
permits. I don't understand why this
continues to happen unless uh you are in
their pockets as well as the LAPD
and that's very concerning to me and
needs to be looked into. Um I don't
understand why we have a street named
after a cult leader in the first place.
Even if you just consider it a religion
and a church leader, we don't have other
streets in this country named after
religions or church leaders. We don't
have a Jesus Christ way. We don't have a
Muhammad or Buddha way. That needs to be
addressed. It needs to be changed. It's
a violation of separation of church and
state. And rest in peace, Ivonne.
>> Thank you. And we'll move next to Adale.
» Thank you. And we'll move next to Adale.
Adal, please unmute. You have 60
seconds. Stop your public.
>> Good morning. And I hope everyone had a
» Good morning. And I hope everyone had a
wonderful um break. Um, one person will
not be calling in anymore and someone
Yavon and but we're but the you know but
we're going to continue with her with us
in spirit to keep asking you and you all
know behind the scenes how much work she
put in to try to get you to understand
what you're what kind of a cult you're
dealing with that how you're not abiding
by the own rules of this city that you
know that you're and everything you know
firsthand um all the emails and
everything that she tried to do to get
this fixed. And so, in her honor, I just
want to say that we are going to
continue to beg you to, you know, really
wake up and realize that you guys are
the one that can get the city BSS to
follow actually follow the rules. You
have a right to tell them no that they
don't get it. It's not any kind of
attack on them. It's they don't abide by
the rules. They do not follow any
permit. safe not 60 seconds and we'll
move next to Lara FM.
» So again, I want to also uh thank Yavon
for calling in. I know you guys know who
we're talking about. she passed away.
And if there's anybody in this city who
can help based off of everything she has
said over the last two years, all the
research, everything she's done, you
guys have enough information to do
something about it. This is somebody who
gave the last of her life to helping
expose Scientology's infiltration of the
city. She's no longer with us. Someday,
President King, you no longer will be
with us. Someday, I won't be here. But
what we do need to do is address
Scientology's infiltration. Stop giving
them permits. Stop allowing all of these
things to happen. Every single one of
you on the board is listening right now.
I know you're listening. So you guys all
can do individually something that will
stop this from allowing to happen.
There's a way to say, "Okay, no more
permits for Scientology. Every single
permit is violated or abused." Every
permit is abusive. Scientology. 60
seconds and we'll move next to Miriam.
Miriam, go ahead.
>> Thank you. Uh I hope everyone's had a
» Thank you. Uh I hope everyone's had a
had a nice holiday and uh it's going to
have a great year this year.
Unfortunately, it's a new year, but the
same old story and uh I also want to
give my condolences uh related to
Ivonne's passing. I really wish we can
uh make a change here this year
regarding the permits start to take
action.
This is uh part of uh a bigger
infiltration of Scientology in the in
the government uh inside the Los Angeles
and uh we will be continuing to expose
it uh in Ivonne's name and all the
victims of Scientology's name going
forward until there's none of us left.
So, I really hope you're going to be
able to work with us this year. That's
all. Thank you.
>> And we'll move next to you, Gigi.
» So, Ivonne was one of the few people
that would read through the packets for
the agenda. She would read through
thousands of pages. She would come to
you with very specific facts that no one
else took the time to read through those
packets. and she would have all those
facts. She would tell you specific
addresses, specific permit numbers. And
you guys need to go back and you need to
look into what she was telling you. She
had all the information. She was giving
you all the information. She would
explain certain things that you guys
were allowed to do that maybe you guys
might not know you have the power to do.
Maybe you didn't know it was in your
purview. But Ivonne is very special. She
cannot be replaced.
But she gave you all the information.
Please reflect on what she's told you in
the past and do something about what she
had said. Thank you. I yield my time.
>> And President King, that uh concludes
» And President King, that uh concludes
the public commenters. However, I do see
an additional hand raised on the virtual
platform. If you like, I can ask.
>> Yes, please.
» Yes, please.
>> Uh Nora, I see that your hand is raised.
» Uh Nora, I see that your hand is raised.
Would you like to offer public
commentary this morning?
You should be receiving a pop-up asking
you to unmute.
>> Sorry, I missed the popup. Can you hear
» Sorry, I missed the popup. Can you hear
me? Okay.
>> Yes. Yes. Would you like to offer
» Yes. Yes. Would you like to offer
comment?
>> Yes.
» Yes.
>> Okay, go ahead. You have 60 seconds.
» Okay, go ahead. You have 60 seconds.
>> Thank you. Um, I too am calling in about
» Thank you. Um, I too am calling in about
Scientology's
uh barrage of permits that you guys keep
issuing. And I want to remind the
council that when they ask for these
permits, they are not fully disclosing
the activity of the event that they're
doing. They say they're doing an Easter
event, they're doing a Christmas event,
they're going to have toys and blah blah
blah. They do not disclose that every
single event they hold on their property
is a fundraising activity, which is a
violation of uh your uh section special
event application 41.20.1.
All of that is supposed to be fully
disclosed. There is no event that
Zientology puts on where they are not uh
demanding money from their adherence and
getting that money. It does not go
directly to benefit as the charter
states uh to those people there. It goes
into a slush fund overseas uh in the
Cayman Islands and on Cyprus where it is
not used for the benefit of anyone in
the community or any singular
scientologist other than David Mscapage.
>> That's 60 seconds. And President Kang,
» That's 60 seconds. And President Kang,
that concludes public comment for
today's meeting.
>> Thank you very much. Uh with that we
» Thank you very much. Uh with that we
will close general public comment
portion of today's meeting and move
forward with multiple agenda item public
comment. The board will provide an
opportunity for members of the public
wishing to speak on more than one agenda
item during multiple agenda item comment
period for up to a minute per item up to
a total of three minutes per meeting.
This is the only time to speak on more
than one agenda item. And please
identify the items that you will speak
on when you are called. We will
transition to our virtual platform.
>> Thank you, President Kang. We'll go
» Thank you, President Kang. We'll go
ahead and start with Georgina followed
by audit LA. Georgina,
please and you have three minutes to
offer your comment. Please indicate.
>> Thank you. I'm just going to speak on
» Thank you. I'm just going to speak on
minutes so I only need a minute. Thank
you.
>> Okay, go ahead. You have 60 seconds.
» Okay, go ahead. You have 60 seconds.
>> Yeah, I'm just not composed enough to
» Yeah, I'm just not composed enough to
delve into the other agenda items.
Ivonne would have been have read the
whole packet and be completely composed.
and the fact that she's not reflected in
the minutes. Her voice is not recorded
for posterity, for all the contributions
she made to um this movement is really
sad. She put a lot of work into it and
it should be accessible in the minutes
to to go back and reflect on the points
that she made and that all of us have
made. We've been calling in uh
consistently trying to get our voices
heard and by not including us in the
minutes, you're silencing our voices and
you've silenced her voice and she was a
valuable contribution. Thank you. I
yield back my time.
>> And we'll move next to Audit LA followed
» And we'll move next to Audit LA followed
by Laura FM.
>> Yeah, I'm um we're I'm struggling too.
» Yeah, I'm um we're I'm struggling too.
And um can you hear me?
>> Yes, go ahead.
» Yes, go ahead.
>> Okay. Yeah, we I we just found out last
» Okay. Yeah, we I we just found out last
night, you know, she passed suddenly and
um I consider her a friend and she
worked tirelessly
and her voice is silenced not only at
these meetings now, but also like I'm
going to say too on the minutes. It
would have been nice to have that
catalog and history of all the effort
she put in cuz it's true she read every
last packet. Um she was something
similar to an engineer. I'm not sure
exactly. She was able to speak way more
intelligently on any of this than I
could and and so I I I'm saddened that
her voice is silenced in so many ways.
Um, I do want to move on to number three
though with the theater. Um, you know,
like I and Javon loved theater, so she
would be disagreeing with me on this. I
know she'd be really happy and say yes,
do the theater where I'm more of like
the, you know, want to say let's
preserve the money for other things. Um,
we have so much going on in this city
that and I love theater too, don't get
me wrong, but um, I used to be in drama
club and stuff, but we have so much
going on with sidewalks and just the
fact that like um, my insurance company
is discussing replacing my brand new
chair because it has caster wheels and
they're already tired with how many
replacements they've had to do in the
past what six months that I've had this
chair. And so we need every dime
basically. That's not Yeah. We need our
water, we need our streets, we need we
need the infrastructure, and we
desperately need our sidewalks taken
care of. Um the next one I want to do is
when it comes to um the bidding, I I see
the low bidder and also you're going to
be putting bids. And again, I just want
to put that awareness that prior to um
getting involved with this, I had no
idea that there's labor trafficking
still now current in America, but there
is. It is not just Scientology. Um and
there's they keep Yes, they keep it on
their compounds. They, you know, it's
all within their um permits and
everything, you know, but other there's
other agencies entities too that do
labor trafficking. um they make all the
money, they hire people way below the
wages, they're not treated well. And so
I I I just always want to put that out
there that this there is a lot of labor
abuse. Not everything is unionized and
um and that please keep an awareness of
that. I also want to talk about NC's and
a reminder that they are not given
enough time to fully be able to come to
public works as you know because of the
timing of things they don't get the same
amount of time that they get because it
doesn't go up through committee
>> and that's three minutes. Thank you.
» and that's three minutes. Thank you.
We'll move next to Lara FM followed by
Gigi.
» Hi. Okay. So, I'm also gonna talk about
um the minutes here and just a reminder
if everyone on the board can really I
think the real word here guys is
divorce. Divorce doesn't happen very
easily, right? It takes time. There's a
whole legal system, the judge, the mom,
the dad, the kids, right? So much has
happened. So, reflecting on the minutes,
we're going through a divorce. You guys
have to divorce yourself from
Scientology. I know that's hard. It's
not fun. You're so used to just giving
them permits. It's the normal thing. But
you're used to is actually causing so
much child family damage,
horrible damage to every person, whether
family, child member, whatever it is,
anybody, anybody connected to
Scientology and the permits that you
guys keep giving them, okay, is the
thing allowing all this abuse. It
doesn't seem like a big deal to you. And
if it does, you have to start doing
something about it. This year, 2026, is
the year that the public would like to
see on the minutes a reflection of
something showing that me, Nora, Tori,
Audit, Antics, all these people, Ganja.
>> I'm I'm going to go ahead and put you on
» I'm I'm going to go ahead and put you on
mute, Laura. Uh that's 60 seconds. Are
you still uh interested in commenting on
other agenda items or have you completed
your uh agenda item commentary?
It was an overall agenda to divorce
divorce yourself from other members on
the agenda items. I know you see you're
working with even
>> Thank you. And we'll move on to uh Gigi.
» Can you hear me?
>> Yes. Go ahead.
» Yes. Go ahead.
>> Okay. So, I I want to speak on the
» Okay. So, I I want to speak on the
minutes for December 12, 2025.
The minutes are the official record.
They should reflect what concerns were
raised.
Some of these concerns have been raised
before. When that happens, the minutes
should reflect that uh continuity.
I'm asking that unresolved public
comments be accurately reflected before
the minutes are approved.
On item three,
um the Madrid theater. Okay. I'm not as
smart as Ivonne. I tried reading through
stuff, but to me, this looks like it's a
revised funding table. Like the amount
stays the same, but the allocations, the
contingencies, they change. When
funding's like revised, you should be
explaining to the public on record, like
in simple terms what the changes are.
Like a lot of this is complicated for
people that are not Ivons. A lot of us
don't understand this. I wish that
things were explained better, but um
number six,
uh this is the is this the cycle track.
Um this item involves a contract award
following a second rebid. Rebids usually
indicate issues in earlier attempts and
it's important for the public to
understand what those issues were and
what has changed. So again, I'm asking
you to make it more clear for the
general public to understand what you
guys are even talking about because we
are not all yonss. We don't know all
this stuff. Thank you. I yield my time.
» Uh President King, that concludes
multiple agenda item commentary.
>> Thank you very much. With that, we will
» Thank you very much. With that, we will
close the multiple item public comment
portion of today's meeting and move
forward with the approval of minutes for
Friday, December 12th, 2025.
Commissioners, any questions or
comments? Seeing no other discussion
there first and a second.
>> So move second.
» So move second.
>> First by Commissioner Cardinis, seconded
» First by Commissioner Cardinis, seconded
by uh President Proim Grant.
>> Thank you. President Kang will take roll
» Thank you. President Kang will take roll
call vote on approval of minutes
starting with you. President Kang
>> I.
» I.
>> Vice President Chavez.
» Vice President Chavez.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> President Prom Grant.
» President Prom Grant.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> Commissioner Mitchell. Hi.
» Commissioner Mitchell. Hi.
>> And Commissioner Card.
» And Commissioner Card.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> All eyes. And this item is approved
» All eyes. And this item is approved
unanimous.
>> Thank you very much. And moving forward
» Thank you very much. And moving forward
to our agenda item uh number one three
uh which are on consent number two has
been continued to January 9th 2026.
Um I'll move. Is there a second?
>> Second.
» Second.
>> Seconded by Commissioner Cardness.
» Seconded by Commissioner Cardness.
>> Thank you. President Kang will take a
» Thank you. President Kang will take a
roll call vote on approval of items one
and three. Starting with you, President
Kang.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> Vice President Chavez. Hi.
» Vice President Chavez. Hi.
>> President Proim Grant.
» President Proim Grant.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> Commissioner Mitchell. Hi.
» Commissioner Mitchell. Hi.
>> And Commissioner Cardness.
» And Commissioner Cardness.
>> Hi. All eyes and these items are
» Hi. All eyes and these items are
approved unanimous.
>> Thank you very much. Uh we'll quick and
» Thank you very much. Uh we'll quick and
we'll go to item number four uh for
council district 12 revised task orders
order solicitation number 11 tetrate
tech.
» Please turn on the mic.
There's there should be a little button.
Yes. slide it up.
There should be a button or like a
>> Good morning. Good morning,
» Good morning. Good morning,
commissioners. Uh, my name is Roshan.
Um,
>> okay.
» Sorry.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
>> Good morning, commissioners. My name is
» Good morning, commissioners. My name is
Roshanakand.
I'm here today to request that the board
authorize a revision to task order
solicitation number 11 to Tetratech,
Inc. from the pre-qualified on call
wastewater and environmental engineering
services consultant list. This revision
increases the budget authority by
$200,000
from $882,36
to1 million82,36
including contingency for design
services and design support during
bidden award for the Alisio Creek Limek
Creek restoration project. Some
background on this project. Proposition
O author authorization and funding for
the project were approved in February
2014. The project is located in council
district 12 at the junction of Eliso and
Limekill Creeks in the Northridge
neighborhood within the Los Angeles
River watershed. The project aims to
improve water quality in Lisa Creek,
Limekill Creek, and the Los Angeles
River by constructing storm water best
management practices, BMPPS, to capture
and treat runoff before it enters the
waterways. Key proposed BMPs include
storm water diversion facilities, a pump
station and hydrodnamic separators,
screening and vegetated detention and
retention basins.
On July 12th, 2017, um the board
approved issuing a soul source to number
11 in the amount of $256,936
to continue design services bidden award
support and design support during
construction that had begun under
previous contract in February 2014. The
board approved the revision that
increased budget authority to $882,36
on February 23rd, 2022.
On April 21st, 2021, city council
authorized an increase to the Alisa
Creek Lumpin Creek project budget from
10 million 940,800
um $89 to 16,140,89
due to permitting fees of dated building
codes and construction cost escalation.
This task order is funded by Proposition
O clean water bond and measure W safe
clean water program. Regarding the
current status and phasing of this
project, the project is approximately
95% through design. A revised
construction estimate prepared in
September 2023 projected costs at $23.3
million, bringing the total project cost
to $29.3 million. Due to the budget
limitation, the project will now be
delivered in two phases as approved by
city council in February 2025.
Um and we have the council file number
13-1526-4
for that purpose. Phase one will include
two diversion structures, one pump
station, one hydrodnamic separator, two
bio retention basins and pathway
lighting estimated at $16.1 million.
Phase two will include one diversion
structure, one pump station, one
hydrodnamic separator, and three
additional bioret bio retention basins
estimated at $17.99
million.
Regarding the additional scope of work,
the purpose of this task order revision
is to increase the budget authority from
$882,36
to1,82,35.
The budget increases uh the budget this
budget increase is needed to separate
design packages into two phases which
has civil, structural, landscaping,
irrigation, and mechanical components.
Um, also we're going to have to make
design revisions that include reta
retaining curb walls, parking lot
restoration and LA fire department
access, tree protection zones, and a
second water meter, relocation of
transformer to LA DWP access,
supervisory control and data acquisition
system updates for remote operation from
Venice pump station.
provide permit support for Los Angeles
building and safety, fire department,
Bureau of Sanitation for low impact
development clearance, California Water
Board, LA County Flood Control and
Southern California Railroad Authority
and also develop an operations and
maintenance plan outlining
responsibilities between recreation and
park um and sanitation sanitation
regarding um the business inclusion
program. Tetrate Tech was not able to
meet city goals for women business
enterprise and small business enterprise
since Robert Group was unavailable to
and declined to participate in the
project outreach efforts. LA sanitation
public office will be used to conduct
public outreach activities in order to
minimize further delays to the project
schedule. Tetratech can identify a
suitable disadvantaged
veteran business enterprise consultant
to perform any of the remaining tasks
specific to the project. They will
continue to pursue
minority, women, small, emerging and
disadvantaged veteran business
enterprise participation opportunities
as part of future task order efforts.
Under the previous task order that ended
in 2017, the city established
minority business enterprise and women
business enterprise goals for
consultants. Tetrate techch achieved
their pledges for that prior task.
Uh regarding funding, the additional
funding required to increase the task
order is provided by measure W municipal
safe clean water fund. That concludes my
um presentation.
>> Thank you very much, commissioners. Any
» Thank you very much, commissioners. Any
questions or comments related to this
item?
>> Commissioner Cardness.
» Commissioner Cardness.
>> Yeah,
» Yeah,
sorry about that.
» Uh question. Did I hear correctly the
the project the construction project is
going to be split up into two phases and
the first phase is 16 million. The
second phase is 17 million roughly.
>> That's that's correct. That's a total of
» That's that's correct. That's a total of
33 million. What was the original cost
estimate for the construction?
>> Um I don't have that number um ready
» Um I don't have that number um ready
with me. I can I can dig into it, but uh
there was a there was a reason for all
of these costs. Um one of the reasons
was the agreement between LA San and LA
County. Um and there was a scope change.
So LA sanitation they needed to they for
their operational purposes and also
through that negotiation between the LA
county they requested additional scope
of work. Another um component of this
escalation
um was that building codes changed so
the design had to be upgraded to include
all of those building code changes. Um
and also it was 2021 so there was um
yeah there was a cost escalation that
was incorporated into um into uh that
increase. So these are the components of
>> all right you can get back to me on that
» all right you can get back to me on that
on the original cost please.
>> Yes I will.
» Yes I will.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
>> Yes.
» Yes.
>> Thank you very much. Any additional
» Thank you very much. Any additional
questions or comments on this items? All
right. Seeing none. Is there a first and
a second?
>> So move.
» So move.
>> Second. First by President Proim Grant,
» Second. First by President Proim Grant,
seconded by Vice President Chavez.
>> Thank you. President Kang will take a
» Thank you. President Kang will take a
roll call vote on approval of item four.
Starting with you, President Kang.
>> I.
» I.
>> Vice President Chavez.
» Vice President Chavez.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> President Pro Tim Grant.
» President Pro Tim Grant.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> Commissioner Mitchell.
» Commissioner Mitchell.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> And Commissioner Cardes. Hi. All eyes.
» And Commissioner Cardes. Hi. All eyes.
Item four is approved unanimous.
>> Thank you very much. Moving on to item
» Thank you very much. Moving on to item
number five, which is a true tree tree
removal at 4172 North Rosario Road and
4157
North Marcos Road in Council District 3.
Good morning, honorable Board of Public
Works. I'm Brian Ramirez with the
Streets LA uh urban forestry division
bringing before you a request for this
board to approve the removal of five
protected trees for the construction of
a new single family dwelling uh relative
to a city planning case. Um the trees
being proposed for removal are four
coastlive oak trees and one toyon shrub.
uh for the history of this project. The
uh the applicant is proposing to build a
new two-story
um single family dwelling. Uh the total
proposed res residential floor area is
uh 3,587
ft. Uh this uh project is uh being
proposed uh across two different lots or
two two separate lots um more accurately
saying it. and uh the the lot
um the vacant lots cumulative cumulative
cumulatively
uh measure 9,190
ft. Uh for this project, the property
owner acquired the services of a tree
expert who assessed the the property
relative to the impact to the trees and
a street LA arborist subsequently went
out and inspected the site, verified
that the pro uh the protected tree
report was accurate and um agreed that
the uh five trees would need to be
removed. The five trees are in poor to
good condition and they measure
approximately 10 to 26 in in diameter by
10 to 35 ft in height. The uh three of
these uh trees, the coastlive oaks are
being uh removed due to being directly
in the footprint of the home and an
additional oak and a toyon shrub are
being removed for the installation of a
retaining wall on towards the side of
the property. uh Streets LA does seek to
preserve uh mature healthy trees
whenever possible and for this project
um it it's notable that there was a
total of 20 trees uh of which five are
being removed which leaves 15 other
trees that are being preserved in place
throughout construction. Uh as part of
the condition, if this board approves
the removal of these trees and shrubs,
the applicant shall plant uh 16 24inch
box coastlive oak trees and four
15gallon uh toyon shrubs on the project
site. And these trees um survival of the
trees will be guaranteed by a a bond
posting of a bond um to ensure that they
they remain within the property as uh as
it pertains to the California
Environmental Quality Act. The
department of city planning actually
prepared and uh adopted the categorical
exemption for this project determining
that a uh section
uh section 15303 class 3 um uh SQA
exemption was appropriate. There was no
significant impact for this for this
project. As far as public notifications,
the the third council district was
informed of the removals of these trees
and the uh Streets LA uh also posted the
uh the website with the tree removal
details to to inform the uh the public.
Um that concludes my presentation here
before the board and I'm happy to take
any questions that you may have at this
time.
>> Thank you, colleagues. Any questions?
» Seeing none, do we have a motion?
>> So move.
» So move.
>> Second.
» Second.
>> We have a first by Prom Grant, second by
» We have a first by Prom Grant, second by
Commissioner Cardinness.
>> Thank you, Vice President Chavez. We'll
» Thank you, Vice President Chavez. We'll
take a roll call vote. And for the
record, uh, President King stepped out
at approximately 10:40 this morning. Uh,
so we'll take a roll call vote on
approval of item five with a first by
uh, Commissioner Prom Grant and the
second by Commissioner Cardness. We'll
start the roll call with uh, Vice
President Chavez. I
>> President Pro Grant.
» President Pro Grant.
>> Hi,
» Hi,
>> Commissioner Mitchell.
» Commissioner Mitchell.
>> Hi,
» Hi,
>> and Commissioner Cardin.
» and Commissioner Cardin.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> All eyes. And this item adop is adopted
» All eyes. And this item adop is adopted
and will move forward for them.
>> Thank you. Thank you, commissioners.
» Thank you. Thank you, commissioners.
>> Thank you. All right. Next, we have uh
» Thank you. All right. Next, we have uh
item number six, which is a joint
report, Bureau of Engineering, Contract
Administration.
>> Hi, good morning, commissioners. Uh my
» Hi, good morning, commissioners. Uh my
name is George Hang from the Bureau of
Engineering. Uh the item before the
board today is to award a construction
contract um for the Chandler Boulevard
cycle track gap closure project. Uh this
project will construct uh new protected
bike lanes uh along Chandler Boulevard
between Lyhorn Avenue and Vineland
Avenue which will complete um a bike
network closure uh of about 21 miles to
provide continuous uh bike route from
Chadzsworth to downtown Burbank. Uh the
scope of work will include uh new
transit platform, curb ramps, sidewalk,
curb and gutters, street pavement uh
reconstruction and overlay and traffic
signal striping uh enhancements and also
street lighting improvements. Um with
that I would like to transition to uh
our project manager who will give a bit
more about the project background and
the bidding process and the contract
review process as well. Thank you.
Good morning, commissioners. My name is
Katherine Mendoza from the Bure of
Engineering. I am a project manager with
the Street Improvement Division.
This project was first advertised on
February 21st, 2024, for which we
received no bids.
On May 3rd, 2024, BOE readvertised the
project. We received a sold bid in the
amount of 10,711,872
which was more than 164% higher than our
city engineers estimate of 4,45,845.
The board of public works rejected the
so bid on August 21st, 2024.
After the first rebed, BOE solicitated
feedback from the so better to
incorporate areas of improvement to the
contract documents to increase better
participation and scope understanding.
The project was readvertised for a
second time on May 28, 2025.
Five bids were received on July 9, 2025
from Environmental Construction,
Griffith Company, Torah Enterprises,
Screen Building Corporation, and Excel
Paving.
The lowest responsible bidder,
Environmental Construction, presented a
base amount of 6,822,62169,
which is 110% higher than our city
engineers estimate of 3,243,874.
The most significant bid item cost
disparity between the city engineers
estimate and all five biders, including
the lowest bidder, were in traffic
signal, striping, and streetlining bid
items, which accounts for over 75% of
the project scope of work. Traffic
control requirements, and the 22% DB
participation go may have contributed to
the higher bid prices. Many DBE firms
that perform these specialty items are
smaller in size and have limited
capacity compared to larger nondeb
contractors.
As a result, these DBE firms may have
increased overhead costs and risk which
is reflected in higher subcontractor
pricing. The project was advertised with
a DB go of 22%. The lowest better
pledged a DB commitment of 24.90%.
Despite the higher bids received, we
recommend proceeding with the award of
the construction contract to the lowest
bidder to the lowest responsible bidder
environmental construction. The project
is federally funded by the congestion
mitigation and air quality fund and
state funded by their priority
legislative budget projects earm fund.
Additional funding comes from the road
maintenance and rehabilitation special
fund senate bill one. That concludes my
report. We are available for any
questions you may have. Thank you.
» All right. Thank you so much.
Colleagues, questions on this item.
>> Commissioner Cordes.
» Commissioner Cordes.
>> Yeah, just a question. With all
» Yeah, just a question. With all
everything going on with street lighting
and the copper wire thefts, has it what
are there mitigation procedures for the
street lighting so that you know as soon
as it's constructed, we don't have any
issues with copper wire theft with uh
the the new lights?
Um on some of our other projects, some
of the mitigations we are applying is
the modified burn test um due to like
certain theft and regulatory theft that
has been going on on several project
locations. Um so we've been in close
coordination with BSL um and other
projects. Uh so that's a um option that
may be available um in case that should
present itself in this project.
>> You're saying it's an option. H explain
» You're saying it's an option. H explain
to me how it's an option to possibly
prevent the theft. I'm I'm just curious.
>> Maybe some of your colleagues can answer
» Maybe some of your colleagues can answer
that if they like.
>> Thank you. Um my name is Malik. I'm the
» Thank you. Um my name is Malik. I'm the
>> Right into the mic, please.
» Right into the mic, please.
>> Thank you. Um my name is Mam Malik. I'm
» Thank you. Um my name is Mam Malik. I'm
the civil engineer in charge of this
group. We have received a direct
directive from BSL to start bearing all
these pill boxes. So while our plans
were generated and uh advertised before
this director went out, we'll be working
with all these contractors to complete
this work. However, now when you have to
start bearing these pill boxes, that
might be a change order for this
project. Correct. Again, it wasn't
advertised that way. But this is the
directive we're going to be working with
on all contractors moving forward as
you've already seen the impact with all
this staff and all our projects.
>> Well, thank you. I just wanted to make
» Well, thank you. I just wanted to make
sure you were working with BSL and using
their their best practices.
>> Mhm.
» Mhm.
>> And I understand it was after the after
» And I understand it was after the after
the project. So there'll be there'll be
change orders to make that uh that
change.
>> Yeah. But that I we all know that's the
» Yeah. But that I we all know that's the
best way to move forward. And on some of
our projects, we face hundreds of
thousands of damages because of this
issue.
>> Yeah. Correct. Thank you.
» Yeah. Correct. Thank you.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
>> Colleagues, any other questions?
» Colleagues, any other questions?
Um,
I know that this project was riddled
with a lot of complications.
Um,
especially with the original engineers
estimate being
less than half of the um lowest bid
received. Um, and so I just I I know you
spoke to it a little bit, but just
wanted to see if there was um an
analysis done comparing what the you
know estimate assumptions were against
the actual bidline items.
>> Yeah. Certain
» Yeah. Certain
Yeah, certainly. Uh when when we go uh
prepare our city engineers estimate, we
always look at recent bids. BOE uh has a
database of um recent bid uh projects
that come in. Uh so we look at uh
identical um bid item descriptions or
similar um and also quantities as well.
Um and then we use that to um calculate
our unit prices that we're going to
apply into our city engineers estimate.
In this case, it it it looks like most
of the civil work like the sidewalk,
concrete, curb and gutter did align in
more closely to um our estimate
and the bids. Um but I think where we
came at a much fur bigger disc uh
disparity was in the the traffic and the
street lighting items. Those are a
little bit hard for us to quantify uh
and in terms of the unit prices because
um a lot of times they're they're done
as a specialty work by the subsc
contractors and um a lot of times with
the the disadvantaged business
enterprise requirements, the DBE um some
sometimes they may be a little bit
higher than than maybe other uh
contractors who who have bigger
resources than than the than some of the
smaller uh subcontractors.
Um, but I I know we're working closely
with LA DOT to to update these unit
prices. So, we anticipate we'll be more
closer in line on on future projects.
Um, and and also just want to point out
like we have in this case we have five
other we did have five biders and it
looks like all the bidders at least were
100% higher. So they're bidding kind of
similar around to what um all the all
the five biders were were at least 100%
over our estimate. So it's I I I think
maybe it's kind of our estimate in terms
of um that we have to to update uh to be
more closer in line with the market
prices.
>> Yes. And I guess that's kind of my
» Yes. And I guess that's kind of my
question is, you know, um given that
data that you you received, um where all
the bids were kind of around the same
price, I think it would certainly raise
the need to do additional market
research to have a better um expectation
um included in the engineers estimate so
that um you know we can understand
pricing expectations a little bit
better. um in that in the estimate
because that's something that we the
board really um rely on to ensure that
the public is getting um and the city is
getting the best um you know bang for
their buck as as as it will. So um I
think it's really important and I know
that it's it's it's a process. Um
expectations change, uh the market
changes, costs go up. Um so um I just
wanted to to raise that. And then the
second thing wanted to um raise or ask
about is um understanding that one of
the reasons for the original um uh bids.
The reasons was the complications due to
the traffic
>> signal similar to what my colleague
» signal similar to what my colleague
brought up about BSL. Um, and I know you
mentioned the work with DOT, but just
curious whether um you still given the
complexity with the different traffic
signal um coordination that's going to
be needed for this. Do you still expect
this project to be completed within the
is it 365day
estimate? Is that construction schedule?
Is that still your expectation that it
will be completed within that schedule?
>> Yes, that's still our expectation to be
» Yes, that's still our expectation to be
completed within the uh contract
duration, the the 365 calendar dates. Um
we we have we've uh this project
actually is in partnership with LA DOT.
So there um they have a a project
manager that's also assigned to this
project um with our BOE project manager.
So when it comes into construction, uh
all the traffic uh work coordination
with their inspectors on the DOT side
and our inspectors will be worked out uh
during the pre-construction meeting that
we will have. So I I confident we can
still work within that schedule that we
mentioned in the board report.
>> Yes.
» Yes.
>> Hi, thank you. Um for this project,
» Hi, thank you. Um for this project,
we've actually are working with DOT as
well as the CM support on this project.
So typically BOE takes on the CM role
but because this project is heavily
traffic signal and traffic striping
operated uh DOTCM is going to help step
in and support this and this helps to
expedite not just construction um but
also helps to expedite construction
issues to getting them resolved because
we usually go work with DOT to resolve
these issues on our projects but this
time they'll be leading the construction
management. They'll be out there on the
site every day. they'll be very aware of
these issues. So, with all that
extensive background information,
they'll be able to provide support much
more quickly. And it's typically these
issues that hold us up to have to extend
our construction timeline and schedule.
But we're hoping by taking this
proactive approach, we can stop these
issues earlier. We can notice them out
in the field and resolve them before
they become delays to the project.
>> Okay, great. Thank you so much.
» Okay, great. Thank you so much.
Appreciate that additional context.
Any other questions? And I apologize for
walking away earlier.
>> Um, no. That's Anyone else have any
» Um, no. That's Anyone else have any
questions? No. Thank you so much.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
>> All right. With that, um, colleagues, do
» All right. With that, um, colleagues, do
we have any a motion?
>> So moved.
» So moved.
>> Second.
» Second.
>> All right. We have a first by
» All right. We have a first by
Commissioner Cardinis and a second by
Prom Grant.
>> Thank you, Vice Pres. Thank you, Vice
» Thank you, Vice Pres. Thank you, Vice
President Chavez. We'll take a roll call
vote on approval of item six. Starting
with you, Vice President Chavez. I
>> President Protemper.
» President Protemper.
>> Hi,
» Hi,
>> Commissioner Mitchell.
» Commissioner Mitchell.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> And Commissioner Cardness.
» And Commissioner Cardness.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> All eyes. And item six is adopt and
» All eyes. And item six is adopt and
we'll move forward forth with.
>> Great.
» Great.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
>> Thank you. All right. Moving on to item
» Thank you. All right. Moving on to item
number seven.
We have a report from Bureau of
Sanitation, AF, National Association for
Clean Water Agencies.
Oops. Good morning. Um, is my audio
okay? Yeah. Um, good morning. My name is
Christina Jones. I'm from LA sanitation
and environment. I am here for item
seven, an authority for expenditure for
the National Clean Water Association
agencies. Um this is in the amount of
$13,000
uh sorry $103,080.
This is for an annual membership for
this organization. uh sanitation was one
of the first original members of this
organization and they provide national
advocacy as well as uh training support
and regulatory uh intelligence. Uh so
it's very important for our organization
to continue our membership in NAQUA and
we do have uh our general manager who is
currently on the board. Um and we have
staff that participate in the various
committees that are offered by this
organization and we are very happy to be
celebrating 55 years of this
organization and our relationship. So um
we look forward to continuing that and
I'm here to answer if you have any
questions.
>> Thank you so much. Colleagues, any
» Thank you so much. Colleagues, any
questions? Seeing none. Do we have a
motion?
>> I I have a question.
» I I have a question.
>> Um $103,000 for a membership.
» Um $103,000 for a membership.
Membership does that include
what does it include other than other
because I understand our general manager
is on the board. So the basically
working for this organization. So
103,000 gives membership to 10 employees
to 100 employees. What's the what what's
what is the city getting out of out of
this um out of this these fees? So these
fees go to pay for any city employee to
have a membership within sanitation. So
as long as you have a city email when
you register, you're you're covered. So
there is no individual membership fee
associated for an employee to
participate. So they do get to
participate in um the committee
meetings. So from the legislative
perspective, just because that's the one
I'm involved with, um it means it's a
monthly call with uh organizations from
across the country to talk about
legislative priorities when it comes to
bioolids or clean water issues. Um so
you you get that just as part of the
membership. You don't pay a separate
fee. Um that's what's included in the
$103,080
fee.
So all all BOE members all all BOE
engineers are are basically our members
are there the whole city's covered or
which organizations are which
departments are covered with this fee
arrangement.
>> The realistic answer is anybody with an
» The realistic answer is anybody with an
lacity.org email but what I believe
their expectation is would be anyone in
sanitation. Um but I haven't seen
anybody from another uh bureau request
to participate so it hasn't come up yet
at this point. Okay. I was just curious.
Thank you.
>> Sure. Happy to help.
» Sure. Happy to help.
>> Thank you. All right. Any other
» Thank you. All right. Any other
questions? Seeing none, I'll move
approval. We have a second.
>> Second.
» Second.
>> All right. We have a first by myself and
» All right. We have a first by myself and
a second by Commissioner Cordes.
>> Thank you, Vice President Chavez. Uh
» Thank you, Vice President Chavez. Uh
we'll take a roll call vote on approval
of item seven. Starting with you, Vice
President Chavez.
>> I.
» I.
>> President Proim Grant.
» President Proim Grant.
>> I.
» I.
>> Commissioner Mitchell.
» Commissioner Mitchell.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> And Commissioner Cardness. Hi.
» And Commissioner Cardness. Hi.
>> All eyes. And item seven is approved and
» All eyes. And item seven is approved and
we'll move forward forth.
Thank you.
All right, moving on to number eight
also from Bureau of Sanitation and AF
for key code media.
Good morning, commissioners.
My name is Sheree Buyers, senior
management analyst one with LA
Sanitation and Environment and
operations manager for the environmental
learning center at Hyperion, which we
refer to as the ELC.
The ELC was developed to address the
need for increased public education on
how urban activities impact the
environment.
Opened in 2013, it is a 20,000 square
foot two-story former administration
building that accommodates two floors of
exhibit galleries, an 85 fixed seat
auditorium, and a multi-purpose
classroom known as the learning lab.
Today I'm requesting approval for an
authority for expenditure in the amount
of $42,000 for the professional services
for the installation and upgrade of the
audio video AV system in the ELC's
multi-purpose classroom called the
learning lab. The current AV
infrastructure in the learning lab is
over 12 years old and no longer meets
the operational or technological needs
of the ELC. as in-person meetings,
trainings, conferences, and webinars are
now requested with Zoom or Google Meets
requests from different environmental
groups, stakeholders, non-government
organizations, and city departments.
Kiko Media is the city contracted vendor
whom we purchased the equipment from in
October of 2025 and is a licensed
question provider authorized to install
the specific products included in the
original purchase order of $120,000.
The labor required for the installation
is proprietary in nature as it must be
performed by a licensed Crestron
technicians.
The labor involved for the installation
of equipment is no longer allowed under
the existing revised city contract. It
is specifically structured for the
procurement of goods and limited
services directly tied to those goods
like basic installation or maintenance.
Based on the existing contract, any
services must be incidental to the goods
and cannot exceed the value of the
material themselves by 20%.
Therefore, in order to have the
purchased equipment installed and remain
in compliance with the procurement
policies, this installation services
must be acquired separately through this
AE. The total cost of the professional
services AE will not exceed $42,000.
We want to thank you for considering
this AE approval and I alongside my
colleague Naisha Lewis are here to
answer questions. Thank you.
>> Thank you so much colleagues. Any
» Thank you so much colleagues. Any
questions on this item?
>> I just have a general question regarding
» I just have a general question regarding
the the learning center for the for the
public out there. How many
school buses or organizations come
through on an annual basis and and learn
and take advantage of the the facility
there?
>> Absolutely.
» Absolutely.
>> Number
» good morning everyone. So, when we're
fully operational, it we usually have
about 20,000 visitors. And that includes
students, um, organizations that will
use our facility for free in order to
have seminars, um, community meetings,
different things like that with the
intention of them coming to use the
facility and then taking a tour of the
exhibits and a tour of the plant to
learn about the work that LA Sanitation
does.
>> And this equipment is vital to that
» And this equipment is vital to that
operation.
>> Yes. So, our learning lab is severely
» Yes. So, our learning lab is severely
outdated and so we need new screens, new
microphones. We need new technology that
allows for the like she was mentioning
the virtual um meetings that are being
held now. We have a lot of um a lot of
NOS's specifically that want to come and
use the facility and sometimes they have
members that are across the country or
even sometimes we have um dignitaries
who come in from out of the out of the
country and they want to be able to zoom
in or Google meets in and we don't have
that capability in our upstairs learning
lab.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you. All right. Well, I support
this. I know that um that learning
center um is is a vital resource
especially by the surrounding community.
I've personally been in that room and
experienced the audiovisisual uh
challenges.
So um so thank you for bringing this
forward.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
>> Do have a motion.
» Do have a motion.
>> I'll move second.
» I'll move second.
>> All right. We have a first by
» All right. We have a first by
Commissioner or Prom Grant and and
second by Commissioner Cartness.
>> Thank you. Vice President Chavez will
» Thank you. Vice President Chavez will
take a roll call vote on approval of
item 8. Starting with you, Vice
President Chavez. I
>> President Prom Grant.
» President Prom Grant.
>> Hi,
» Hi,
>> Commissioner Mitchell and Commissioner
» Commissioner Mitchell and Commissioner
Cardinus.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> All eyes. And the item is approved and
» All eyes. And the item is approved and
we'll move forward forth.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
Right. Moving to our next item number
nine.
This is a request for approval for the
solar photovotayic and energy storage
systems. Do we have someone from Bureau
of Engineering?
» Yes. Good morning. Um, my name is Steve
Ferris. I'm the principal architect at
the Bureau of Engineering. It's in the
motion before you today. The Bureau of
Engineering issued initiated an
establishment of the pre-qualified list
of design build contractors for solar
photoic and energy storage systems for
city facilities in 2021. The services
provided by the pre-qualified list may
include design design build construction
and financing of new solar photovoltaic
systems, energy storage systems or a
combination of both. The approved list
will be needed for bidding and awarding
the construction of city's future solar
photoic and energy storage system
projects after December 17th of 2026.
The approved lifts is available to all
city departments including proprietary
and semi-proprietary departments as well
as independent public agencies chartered
by the state of California similar to
the housing authority of the city of Los
Angeles.
The con construction contract will be
executed on a project by project basis.
So we're requesting in this motion that
the board approve the extension of the
existing pre-qualified uh list of design
bill contractors. um through December
17th of 2031. That concludes my
presentation. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Uh colleagues questions.
» Thank you. Uh colleagues questions.
>> Um I had a question. I'm just curious.
» Um I had a question. I'm just curious.
Um and I know you mentioned that there
in the future there will be it's
anticipated there will be more um
standalone
uh energy storage systems as we work
toward because this includes also our
proprietary department projects as well.
Correct.
>> Do you do you have any sort of sense of
» Do you do you have any sort of sense of
what those pro you know what the scale
of these projects is going to be? I
can't speak for the other um city
departments but at least within the
Bureau of Engineering and we initiated
this initially um we we have not um
utilized this on call list as of yet
from Bureau of Engineering and I'm
unaware if others may have but um from
our end it's it's been a work in
progress to get it developed to get the
scope just right but we do have at least
one project that we see here in the very
near future but I anticipate more as
they come forward it's um because it's a
very specific scope of work that happens
and so a lot of times the work that
comes to us we have to find that
specific um solar project. So but yeah I
do think we will be getting more.
>> Okay appreciate that. All right thank
» Okay appreciate that. All right thank
you. Um do we have a motion for this
item?
>> So move second.
» So move second.
>> All right we have a first by
» All right we have a first by
Commissioner Cordin second by Prom
Grant.
>> Thank you Vice President Chavez. will
» Thank you Vice President Chavez. will
take a roll call roll call vote on
approval of item nine starting with you
with you vice president Chavez
>> I
» I
>> President Prom Grant
» President Prom Grant
>> I
» I
>> commissioner Mitchell
» commissioner Mitchell
>> and Commissioner Cardin
» and Commissioner Cardin
>> all eyes item nine is adopted and we'll
» all eyes item nine is adopted and we'll
move forward fourth wave
>> thank you
» thank you
>> thank you all right moving on to our
» thank you all right moving on to our
last item number 10
>> of engineering updated funding table
» of engineering updated funding table
>> uh good morning good morning
» uh good morning good morning
commissioners good morning everyone um
happy new
So on my name is Nor Males from Bureau
of Engineering. I'm the principal civil
engineer of our street improvement
division. On August 28, 2024, the Board
of Public Works adopted a board report
which authorized the city engineer to
issue a task order solicitation to Somus
um for project management and
engineering support for the street
design and storm drain design manual
update with a budget authority of $3.3
million. The board report had listed
some funding sources as to be determined
and but since the time of board approval
new funding sources have been
identified. One of them as part of the
2025 2026 fiscal year budget an
additional amount of 312,650
had been identified for contractual
services um from fund number 100
department 78 and appropriation unit
003040.
Then furthermore, on April 11, 2025, the
city council introduced a council file
number 23600
related to vision zero evaluation and
safety, which has provided authority to
authorize the controller to transfer
$900,000 to the project.
At the time that this um this motion was
um prepared and sent over, the council
the council report hasn't been
finalized, but as of December uh 22nd um
it has been final
and so that that has been officially
approved and final and then the
remaining balance of 1 million 37738 in
the future um a board report a board
motion will have to be um done so we can
identify that funding. So I therefore
move that the board approve the use of
the funding table number two um which
lists the new funding sources in lie of
the approved funding table number one.
So funding table number one does
identify $1,50,000
and then additional 202,250,000
for to be determined funding and then
the revised table now
um does include identified funding up to
1,362,2362
262
and then um proposed future funding
vision zero funds of 900,000 and then
funding sources to be determined
1,ion3773 38. Now, but then when we go
to our second our second um move, I
further move that the board authorize
the payment of invoices from the newly
proposed account funded by vision zero
once the accounts department numbers,
fund numbers, and appropriation units
have been created and identified. So, I
do actually have the account number
right now. DOT has identified this. Um
but since they did not sign um on this
on on the board report, I didn't want to
bring that account number. However, I
just want to make it clear so we won't
have to come back again to the board
that this second um the second move or
further move allows I want to make sure
that it's effectuated properly where uh
the board will allow us to pay for as
part of this motion that's being
approved um that we're allowed to use
the account number that DOT has
identified without us going back to
board. That's that's how I tried to
effectuate it here. I just want to make
sure that that's everyone understands
that so we won't have to come back
again. And with that that um that
concludes the presentation.
>> Great. Thank you for that clarification.
» Great. Thank you for that clarification.
Colleagues, any additional questions on
this item?
>> I council, I guess is it that's
» I council, I guess is it that's
appropriate to sort of without further
board action to go ahead and approve um
let it be approved once the account
numbers are finalized.
Typically, as occurs with contracts, it
it is pending the city council's
approval. It does come back uh but to
the extent there is no but that's
because it requires the board's
signature for example, but to the extent
that's not required as long as we make
clear that it is pending city council
approval, then that should be fine.
>> Okay.
» Okay.
>> Okay. Thank you for that clarification.
» Okay. Thank you for that clarification.
All right. Do a motion. So move second.
>> All right. We have a first by Prom Grant
» All right. We have a first by Prom Grant
and a second by Commissioner Cardness.
>> Thank you. Vice President Chavez will
» Thank you. Vice President Chavez will
take a roll call vote on approval of
item 10. Starting with you, Vice
President Chavez.
>> I.
» I.
>> President Proim Grant.
» President Proim Grant.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> Commissioner Mitchell
» Commissioner Mitchell
>> and Commissioner Cardin.
» and Commissioner Cardin.
>> Hi.
» Hi.
>> All eyes. And item 10 is adopted and
» All eyes. And item 10 is adopted and
we'll move forward forth.
>> All right. Thank you very much.
» All right. Thank you very much.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
>> Thank you.
» Thank you.
>> All right. Uh Mr. Knight, does that
» All right. Uh Mr. Knight, does that
clear the desk for today?
>> Yes, it does. Vice President Chavez.
» Yes, it does. Vice President Chavez.
>> Okay. Excellent. Our next meeting will
» Okay. Excellent. Our next meeting will
be on Wednesday, January 7th, and we
will adjourn today at 11:12 a.m.